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12:30 AM ET, April 13, 2007

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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Rove Emails Missing from RNC Server  —  In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales today, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asked that the Justice Department retain all emails received or sent to a White House official's RNC-issued email address.
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Countless White House E-Mails Deleted  —  Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted — lost to history and placed out of reach of congressional subpoenas — due to a brazen violation of internal White House policy that was allowed to continue for more than six years …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Missing E-Mail May Be Related to Prosecutors  —  The White House said Thursday that missing e-mail messages sent on Republican Party accounts may include some relating to the firing of eight United States attorneys.  —  The disclosure became a fresh political problem for the White House …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
You Just Can't Find Decent Minions Any More...
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
White House E-mails: Gone, But Not Forgotten?
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Go To The Mattresses  —  (Photo of somewhat used prison mattresses via macwagen.)
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
William Finn Bennett / North County Times:
Waxman wants answers on White House contract with MZM
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New York Times:
CBS Drops Imus Radio Show Over Racial Remark  —  CBS brought the tumultuous weeklong crisis over racially insensitive remarks by the radio host Don Imus to an end late this afternoon when it canceled the "Imus in the Morning" program, effective immediately.  —  The move came one day after MSNBC …
WCBS-TV:
CBS Radio Fires Don Imus  —  (CBS) NEW YORK BREAKING NEWS: CBS Radio fired Don Imus Thursday, one day after MSNBC discontinued its relationship with his radio show.  —  CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves issued the following statement regarding the decision:
Deacon / Power Line:
IMUS IS OUT  —  Don Imus has been fired from his radio show …
Discussion: CBS News and First Draft
Richard Miniter / Pajamas Media:
BREAKING: PRESENT AT THE BOMBING  —  In this exclusive report he describes the carnage, the aftermath, and what led up to it, including the fact that two suicide vests were discovered inside the Green Zone on April 1, with a resulting, if unsuccessful, search for others.
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Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
Turkish Army Seeks OK for Iraq Raids  —  AP Photo ANK104  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's military asked the government Thursday to approve attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, signaling growing frustration over a lack of action against the guerrillas by Iraqi and U.S. forces.
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David Stout / New York Times:
World Bank Chief Apologizes for Arranging Job  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz, the president of the World Bank, apologized today for his role in arranging a highly paid job at the State Department for a woman with whom he has a personal relationship.  —  "I made a mistake, for which I am sorry," …
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Jeannine Aversa / Houston Chronicle:   Bank Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
DUKE CASE: WILL THE TIMES APOLOGIZE?  —  REVERSE the races, change the sport, and you have the Kobe Bryant "rape" hoax all over again.  —  It frightens me that, in this day and age, three demonstrably innocent men can be dragged into the public square in chains and be unjustly accused …
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KC Johnson / Durham-in-Wonderland:
Duff Wilson's New Version
Discussion: Overlawyered
Media Matters for America:
It's not just Imus  —  On April 11, NBC News announced that it was dropping MSNBC's simulcast of Imus in the Morning in the wake of the controversy that erupted over host Don Imus' reference to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."
Michael Yon:
British Forces at War: As Witnessed by an American  —  Basra, Iraq  —  The explosions from enemy rockets and mortar fire have been constant companions for the small contingent of Coalition forces based at the former Basra Palace, on the banks of Shatt al Arab River.
Michael McAuliff / Mouth of the Potomac:
HILLARY IS HEADING TO RUTGERS  —  A Mouth Exclusive:  —  The Mouth has learned that Hillary Clinton is following up her e-love efforts for the Rutgers women's basketball team with something more tangible — a real-life visit on Monday.  —  The trip to see the Scarlet Knights comes …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Political Environment Continues to Favor Democrats  —  By 50% to 35% margin, Americans want to see Democrats win in 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Recent Gallup polling continues to show a favorable political environment for the Democratic Party.  Democrats maintained a significant advantage …
 
 
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
They Were Warned  —  As the media elite and various political …
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